Ted Simmons wrote: > > Now here's the ultimate fix for sticking dampers. I pulled the action from > a no-name grand to give an estimate on action regulation and discovered > little bulgy things hanging from the damper wires. Some had more than one > bulgy thing. I finally realized that these were split-lead fishing > weights. Someone had simply spread the weight apart enough to get onto the > damper wire, then crimped it with a pair of pliers. If it wasn't so > amateurish I would have thought it was clever. > > Ted Simmons, Merritt Island, FL Dear Ted & All: A Variation on Ted's theme. There is a person in this area who repairs upright hammers that don't return by hanging lead sinkers on a piece of fishing wire attached to the catcher or catcher shank. These repaired? instruments are for sale. I run the other way. Fast. Dan Hallett, Jr. RPT Hallett's Piano Service dhalle@toolcity.net
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